Sam's Drunk Dog wrote:The Pens have to cut down on the shots on goal and the amount of penalties they are taking. Can't do this all year.

Ask MAF if he'd be fine seeing 60 shots a game if they are all visable from the outside and he'll say yes please. The number doesn't bother me as much as the quality, as long as he can see it and the defense boxes out the slotwe'll be fine.

As far as the penalties, Koharski has been crap and has been calling a horrible game. Fortunately this year we are not getting burned by horrendous calls because our PK is officially good now.

Sam's Drunk Dog wrote:The Pens have to cut down on the shots on goal and the amount of penalties they are taking. Can't do this all year.

True, but I think the penalty kill looks a ton better than last year, and the improvement there will be huge. And the faceoffs - i'm not sure what the count is, but seems like we are winning a lot more of the "big" ones tonight.

NIN wrote:He could but Pittsburgh business on the map here if he relocated his business!!

Adrenaline is a wonderful thing, but come on. Let's worry about whether he is going to keep the TEAM here. There's no point wasting energy talking about things that have absolutely no chance of happening.

NIN wrote:He could but Pittsburgh business on the map here if he relocated his business!!

Adrenaline is a wonderful thing, but come on. Let's worry about whether he is going to keep the TEAM here. There's no point wasting energy talking about things that have absolutely no chance of happening.

Hey, the prospects of businesses actually moving INTO Pittsburgh for a change would give a politician enough fame to run for president!! That only makes IOC look better so play along!!!

Geezer wrote: It doesn't seem that bad of a Flyer shot total when you look at Philly's PP time & two 2 man advantages

Gotta disagree here. 30+ shots through on two periods is horrendous no matter what the circumstances, especially with only about 10 shots for. The results are good so far, but lets not fool ourselves into thinking that disparity will work all season.

They've had some good shifts, cycled a bit. Recchi just runs the puck over so much.

Anyone else notice...every time we score a goal the Thorburn, Roy, Staal line gets put out there to take the faceoff at center ice? Thats pretty cool, keep the pressure and energy up. How many times did we score a goal last year only to be scored on within seconds?